Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-04-09
FASHIONS FOR APRIL.
SOMETHING To WEAR AND HOW
1T MUST BE WORN.
The Materials and Styles in Vogue
for Various Toilets for Ladies,
Misses and Little Girls.
TFrom the New York Times

From the New York Times.l
Many demi-saison costumes have en-
broidery and passementerie placed fiat
against the goods. These trimmings are
often in the same shade as the material.
Capotes for wear with the dresses are al
ways in corresponding colors. For in
stance if the suit is blue, with beige EN-
broidery in several shades, the capote may
be of beige lace for the crown, and of blue
velvet for the brim, and the trimming con
sists of an aigrette in the two colors. An
other style for trimming this capote is to
have the crown blue, and the beige brim
worked with beads. The plumes and
flowers are shaded like the passementerie
on the dress Various shades of brown
and green make beautiful suits of this kind.
Small visites and mantles are also in the
same colors as the dress. Faille which
is more used at present than any other ma
terial, is most suitable for these garments. |
Ottoman also serves for the purpose. There
are very becoming costumes in brown,
beige or gray, combining plain with en-
broidered faille, or with stripes in two
shades. The plain faille serves FOR the tu-
nque, and the stripe for the underskirt |
and trimmings. The waist is of plain
faille The yisite OF the same goods has
passementerie in the shades of the stripes.
Plaids are combined with plain
MATERIALS BOTH IN SILK AND WOOL.
| A model for one of these dresses has the
underskirt of light quality of velvet with |
pale stripes on reddish brown garment. |
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polonaise with the waist and skirt clos
ing in a bias down the front. The goods
| is draped on the side and falls in two
pointed flaps with the ends drawn in under
passementerie ornaments. The upper
part of the waist opens like fchu, and has
fancy velvet in the open space The
rather full sleeves have deep velvet cuffs
The costume is completed by tiny cape of
! beige faille, with hood lined with velvet.
The cape is lined with beige plush. 1t is
short in the back, and has small ends in
front. The hat Tor wear with this suit is
turban of the fancy velvet, with beige
aigrette fastened by long buckle of steel |
and imitation rubies. The caps can be re-
placed by visite and the turban hat by
capote without strings in the colors of the |
dress. The simplest work for
woRsTED WALKING DRESSES
Is braiding sewed sideways instead of flat.
with very little gilt lacing or thread in
termixed. The braid is in a darker shade |
than the goods. A more dressy style for a
wooden suit is white or colored cloth, with |
much embroidery on the flat skirt and
waist There is kind of rough curled
work in seven shades of one color. Silk
somewhat like Lyons satin, only heavier
and softer bears this same embroidery,
Some fashionable Partisan houses have
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Skirts fall straight and are taken plain
over the hips, with the backs slightly
draped or straight. They are gathered or
plated to the belt. Some silk skirts have
full silk ruchings on the lower borders,
Very richly embroidered Grape scarfs will
be used. They are very light and are
fringed on the borders. They are tied in
long loops down the sides or back.
JACKETS ARE PREFERRED
To all other garments for young girls
Many of them are very simply made. They
have often false vests and puffings in front
Suits for ordinary daily wear are in COM
binatons such as dark blue trimmed with
red. The front OF the unique forms long
apron The waist is a Jersey in the same
color and of a fine quality of goods. Over
the front there may be putting of " ca
roubier'' surah or white baptiste plas-
iron. Sometimes the Jersey only has
narrow band of red silk coming a little
above the collar. The most serviceable
dress for ordinary use has the UNIQUE or
polonaise raised in apron style.
As it is necessary in order to be in the
style at present to have many changes of
dress, some variations of trimming are re-
sorted to- by means of which the toilet may
be altered to serve in many ways. For
young girls and young women it is best to
At
ularly in the case of garments intended for
evening wear. A waist can always be
trimmed, bnt when trimmed it must re-
main so, as all ornaments and work leave
marks which render them perfectly useless
when removed. There are many ways of
changing the effect of both high and low
necked waists. If, for example,
SOMETHING LESS DREssY
Is required than a low-necked or open
waist there are "guimpes" that serve adj
mirably for the purpose. These guimpes"
are of white, black or cream point
desprit'' tulle, or of black broeaded gauze
worked with pearl or with cry stall beads
There are several shapes for these guimpes
Some form waists which are shorter than
the waist of the dress and are either cut
like the latter or like a blouse The blouse
is gathered full around the neck and has a
plain or fancy velvet collar, with beads.
The beads are often on a double band of
gauze. They are rather large and arranged
in three rows. On the lower part of the
guimpe whether it is in waist or blouse
shape, there is beaded fringe or lace. The
belt is of ribbon to match the toilet or of
velvet like the collar. The sleeves are
generally wide and have lengthwise plaits
Wass may also be covered by crossed, |
draped and plated fichus. They are white
and pink, white and blue, or white with
the color of the dress. The plaits alternate
in the two colors. Half high "crepe de
chine" fichus serve over low-necked
waists. Plain, high.neclled waists are
made dressy by the addition of some
draped lace placed down the front,
and by ruching of the same around the
neck, or by piece of lace falling fiat like
tufned-down collar. The same trimming
is on the lower part of the sleeves. Small |
ribbon, bows are among the lace. Another
model is vest, which is usually of gauze
lined with very light silk in the color of
the gauze. On either side of the vest is
beaded galloon or light embroid-
cry cut out and applique to the gauze
The vest may also be of beaded tulle
High-necked waists may be turned in on
either side and lined with white silk to
prevent these parts from becoming soiled.
plated fichu is placed on the sides of the
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for this purpose.
FASHION FOR THE HAIR.
Partisan ladies are at present much con-
cerned as to whether the hair is to be worn
over the forehead or not. 1t will be some
time yet before the prevalent style can dis
appear altogether, as it is very becoming 70
most faces, while the hair taken back over
a very high forehead is not at all pretty.
There is, however. not as much hair worn
over the face as in the past, as the fringe is
lighter and there is often lock of hair
taken back in the center of the head, while
the two side pieces are crimped. Many
young girls and young women have their
hair divided in the center with kind of
raised bandeaus on the Sides but very few
venture the coiffure la Chinoise. 1t is
difficult as yet 10 tell what styles will be
de rigueurn for dressing the hair, but
there is certainly tendency to have it less
high. The fashion of shell pins has
brought into use a small graft" comb
diminutive of the large Spanish comb
Many jet, steel and shell pins are worn in
the hair. They are placed here and there
in the knot on top of the head.
DRESSES FOR LITTLE GIRLS